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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
8
A fragmented letter page features a patient recalling an operation avoidance claim and endorsing Lydia B. Pinkham’s Compound, alongside assorted jokes and ads. The text includes a Chicago address and mentions about four doctors, plus humorous exchanges from Boston and Yonkers papers, with advertisements for tonics and humor snippets.
Ben W. Barnett of Helena Montana Adjutant of the Montana American Legion is praised by veterans for entertaining acts and strong advocacy for ex service men. A former vaudeville performer and hides dealer he organized the Abraham Lincoln club at Hull House Chicago at age eleven and has long worked in Legion affairs since state adjutant inception. He was initially rejected by the army for a bad foot but later served briefly in an American training camp.
Opera singer and French WWI veteran Lucien Muratore recalls seeing a Victory medal in a New York pawn shop window. He offers to redeem it and return it to the rightful owner, noting the medal bears clasps for St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne and a defensive sector.
Pearl Ion Hoskins, six, daughter of a prominent Legion member in Fergus Falls, Minn., becomes the first signer on an application for an American Legion Auxiliary charter open to Legion family members. The event marks a notable moment in auxiliary history as the organization invites wives, daughters, sisters, mothers, and wives of Legionnaires to join.
Minnesota members of the American Legion attack government red tape delaying cashing certificates issued to disabled veterans for expenses while traveling to health and vocational training centers. They propose federal reserve banks and post offices authorize cash payments on presentation to remedy the issue.
Dr M A Newell of Sheridan Wyoming commander of the Wyoming department of the American Legion spent many months in Kansas and Connecticut hospitals during World War I. Born in Saratoga New York he studied at Saratoga Academy and Columbia University medical college before moving to Wyoming. He served on governors staffs and was assistant surgeon general of Wyoming. He enlisted August 1918 serving at Fort Riley and No 16 General Hospital New Haven. He helped organize the Donald Garbutt post and was department commander in August 1919.
A correspondent cites wartime farming hardships to rebut claims farmers deserted ex servicemen. He recalls 800 acre farm enduring 16 to 18 hour days, paying high wages, and watching surplus cash absorbed by war agencies. Notes states with ex soldier bonuses are largely agricultural.
Charles W. Scruggs of Dallas Texas received the adjutant post of the Texas department after attending every state and national Legion convention. He began as a private in the Thirty sixth division, served in the war in America and France, and was discharged as a sergeant at Camp Bowie Texas on March 1 1919. He studied at the University of Texas and taught school two years before the war worked as a reporter on a Texas newspaper Convicts in Olive Drab Uniforms. A protest over olive drab prison uniforms used by Monroe State Reformatory prisoners was led by Thomas N Swale commander of the Washington department of the American Legion with Legionnaires bureau of War Risk Insurance and federal board for Vocational Education observers. Shortage of funds and low uniform cost prompted adoption of the uniforms which may be replaced for convicts by prison officials. States O K Five Fold Plan. North Dakota Oregon and Minnesota legislatures urge passage of the Fordney bill endorsing the five fold compensation plan of the American Legion. North Dakota also has a $25 a month veteran bonus now in effect.
American Legion athletes train across the globe, competing in multiple sports. The polo team of Eaital Post No. 2 in Hawaii has defeated several Regular Army teams in recent contests.
A rural newspaper feature promotes thrifty meals and wholesome cooking, stressing education and food values. It shares cabbage salad recipe with sour cream, an apple Delmonico dish, baked apples, and two desserts for two. Includes poems and a short note from Ruth Raymond.
A Prague correspondent says Bruenn Königsfeld chemists have developed a cork substitute from turf using a patented process. The new material is light strong and damp proof with excellent insulating properties and is suitable for building. Reports compare it favorably with cork in most respects, offering good sound proofing and insulation.
A fragment lists a farm for sale with a stated state cash price and description request. It includes stray quotes and misc commentary on self excuses and hypocritical traits, but no clear sale details beyond the inquiry for price and description. The text also contains unrelated aphorisms and jokes.
A chaotic scene near Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue drew a crowd as a young woman smashed mirrors on the sidewalk while claiming seven years of bad luck would follow if she did not break seven more. She pleaded for help amid the disturbance.
A fragmentary jab reads: T heard the speech instablet war extempore. Tt was roten. A detachable wheel and motor tave been invented for propelling railroad velocipedes. The Bible mentions 19 diferent stones, six varieties of myths and BS different animals.
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